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Vaccinated people have a milder, shorter illness and lower viral loads, study finds.
Cases in Africa rose 25% last week and are doubling every 3 weeks, and infections rose 10% in Europe.
COVID-19 transmission was most commonly identified in households early on in the pandemic, but interviews also show an association with healthcare settings, according to a study yesterday in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
The global prevalence of vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) has more than tripled in the past two decades, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis yesterday in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control.
JAMA Cardiology reports describe cases shortly after Pfizer, Moderna shots.
Antibiotic use in European livestock is now lower than in people.
Both cases and deaths in Africa rise sharply—cases by 33% and deaths by 42%.
Black, American Indian, and Hispanic women were disproportionately affected by the declines in screening.
Following China's 70-year battle against malaria, the World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that the country has been awarded a malaria-free certification. In a statement, the WHO said that the achievement is notable, given that China reported about 30 million cases each year in the 1940s.
A new meta-analysis of 58 studies shows obese men are not at increased risk of death from COVID-19 when admitted to intensive care units (ICUs), but those with a history of smoking, diabetes, or kidney disease were at increased risk.
The study, published yesterday in Anaesthesia, contradicts other published findings that have linked male sex and obesity to worse COVID-19 outcomes.
Southern, Western states and areas with low vaccination rates saw the greatest COVID increases.
Elsewhere, Africa's cases rise in its third wave, as Brazil's ongoing surge shows signs of another uptick.
Life expectancy at birth dropped an estimated 1.3 years in 2020 and 1.8 years in early 2021 owing to COVID.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) yesterday released a toolkit to improve antibiotic use in long-term care facilities.
A new meta-analysis of 10 studies shows ivermectin (IVM), an anti-parasite drug, is not an effective treatment for COVID-19 and is not a viable treatment option for patients. The study was published yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
The Biden administration is targeting about 55 million unvaccinated US adults, many under age 30.
Capitals of 3 of the country's 6 states are now in lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 and the threat of the Delta variant.
Death rates rose, too, but the change did not become significant until after 35 days.
The prevalence of the colistin-resistance gene MCR-1 in healthy residents of a Chinese city declined following China's ban on colistin as a growth promoter in livestock in 2017, researchers reported today in Clinical Microbiology and Infection. But seafood may be an emerging risk factor for MCR-1 colonization.
Duke University researchers developed a point-of-care test (POCT) that can detect SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and four other coronaviruses with 100% accuracy, according to initial test results from a small cohort published in Science Advances late last week.
